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Questioning the Prime Minister about her partner's sexual preferences has cost Perth DJ Howard Sattler his job. Although there was widespread criticism of his interview, some believe it showed how deeply sexist attitudes are held in Australia. The former premier of Victoria, Joan Kirner, says she's outraged that the Prime Minister was asked such questions. Source: abc.net.au

Welfare agencies in South Australia are scrambling to provide care for around 100 Aboriginal people who've sought refuge in Adelaide after fleeing an intra family conflict in their Northern Territory community of Yuendumu, north-west of Alice Springs. The men women and children need beds, blankets and food as well as medical treatment for kidney dialysis. It's still not clear who organised and paid for the group of Y...

The Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has been given a boost in the latest opinion polls as he prepares to announce his ministerial line-up. Labor received a six point jump in its primary vote. The Foreign Minister Bob Carr has been in Indonesia over the weekend to lay the ground-work for the annual bilateral talks in Jakarta that Prime Minister Rudd will attend later this week.

New Zealand's Associate Health Minister Tariana Turia says she's closely monitoring Australia's bid to roll out plain packaging on cigarette packets. The NZ government is consulting on similar legislation and while she expects any move would face fierce tobacco industry opposition, something must be done to cut the country's count of 5000 tobacco-related deaths a year.

It is a critical strategic ally of the United States and is still struggling to deal with its own flood emergency. Now the government in Pakistan is on the brink of collapse. Pakistani president Asif Ali Zardari held crisis talks with his coalition partners overnight amid fears the government could lose its majority in the parliament.